Gather Restaurant: Sustainability + Green = Fabulous

By Stephanie Reilly, Ascension Insurance Services In December 2009 Eric Fenster and Ari Derfel launched Gather Restaurant with a mission: to support the work of sustainable farmers and local ranchers,...
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Safety, Technology, and Learning Design: How Virtual Reality is Improving Safety

By Marc Kinsman and Will Adams Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that has a wide appeal because of its capacity to immerse its users in a virtual world. The...
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McNellis: Size Matters

Making it in Real Estate (Part Six): Size Matters By John McNellis In the opening scene of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Rosencrantz correctly calls heads ninety-two times in a row...

Opinion: Further Rent Decline in San Francisco

The supply of rental units on the market is ballooning. By Wolf Richter “The trend in rental prices this month was mixed”: so started out the Zumper October Rent Report for...

5 Things Lawyers Want Developers to Know

Advising Technology Companies in Office Leasing By Grace S. Yang and Michael C. Polentz at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Indoor slides, freshly made meals and bowling alleys are...
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McNellis: The Politics of it All

Making it in Real Estate (Part Nine): The Politics of it All By John McNellis Rents and occupancy rates are tumbling today in North Dakota because shale oil is mud in...

McNellis: Desperately Chasing Yield

By John McNellis To paraphrase a vulgar aphorism, self-delusions are like opinions—everybody has one. Some have many. Self-delusions are sometimes tragic—consider the starving anorexic who considers herself fat. Occasionally they...

The End of the Great Compromise

By Nash Hurley The era of the great compromise of work space has come to an end. For the better part of the last century, work space has served two...

Lessor Accounting: Savvy Landlords Under New GAAP

By Mark Leverette of BPM LLP The recent updated rules for business leases, as prescribed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, will affect developers, landlords and real estate...

McNellis: Playing Small Ball

Making it in Real Estate Part Three: Playing Small Ball By John McNellis “I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can.” A winning...

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